"Communication Spotlight: Speaking Strategies and Listening Skills, Starter is the first book in the four level Communication Spotlight series. These are two-skill, speaking and listening texts aimed at adult and young adult, elementary through intermediate level learners of American English. (CERF A1 through B2).

Speaking: Communication Spotlight introduces students to the strategies of speaking: the strategies we use to confirm or clarify what we're saying and what we're hearing, the strategies we use to show interest in and to maintain and develop conversations, the strategies we use that help with fluency and the strategies we use to compensate for a lack of language-in sum, the strategies that give students control in communicative situations, strategies which help students use their existing English skill set with greater finesse.

Listening: Communication Spotlight helps students to develop a critically important ear for English. Each unit features a Spotlight on Listening section which draws student attention to natural English as it is actually spoken. Students are given many practice opportunities to listen to and comprehend extended texts of natural English.

Listening and Speaking Accuracy: A new feature, Spotlight on Memory, has students concentrate on the structure at the heart of each unit, and in doing so, helps students extend their short-term memory capacities.

Vocabulary: Communication Spotlight includes a vocabulary notes section for students to record and review new words, fostering learner autonomy.

30-40 hours of classroom material. 15 units on topics of everyday interest." (Book Cover)

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Unit 1: How do you spell that? Theme/Topic Area: Looking over the course Listening Features: Contractions Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: classroom English, asking questions

Unit 1: Can you open the window? Theme/Topic Area: Asking people to do things Listening Features: Linking sounds Speaking Strategies: Involvement: getting someone's attention

Unit 2: I like tea Theme/Topic Area: Talking about likes and dislikes Listening Features: Sentence stress Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking questions

Unit 3: She's studying Theme/Topic Area: Talking about what people are doing Listening Features: Weak vowels Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking for repetition

Unit 4: What's the date today? Theme/Topic Area: Talking about dates, days and events Listening Features: Sentence stress Speaking Strategies: Confirmation asking questions

Unit 5: What do you mean? Theme/Topic Area: Describing jobs Listening Features: Weak vowels Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking for meaning

Unit 6: Where's my phone? Theme / Topic Area: Describing locations, objects in a room Listening features: Sentence stress Speaking Strategies: Shadowing

Unit 7: You're going to work? Theme/Topic Area: Talking about future plans Listening Features: Weak vowels Confirmation: asking questions

REVIEW 1

Unit 8 : When do you have chemistry? Theme/Topic Area: Talking about school schedules Listening Features: Weak vowels Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking for repetition

Unit 9 : I can cook! Theme/Topic Area: Talking about things you can do Listening Features: Sentence stress Speaking Strategies: Involvement : asking questions

Unit 10 : It's next to the theater Theme/Topic Area: Describing location Listening Features: Linking sounds Speaking Strategies: Shadowing

Unit 11 : What time do you get up? Theme/Topic Area: Talking about everyday things Listening Features: Sentence stress Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking for repetition

Unit 12 : How many are there? Theme/Topic Area: Fluency with numbers Listening Features: Weak vowels in numbers Speaking Strategies: Shadowing

Unit 13 : What did you do after school? Theme/Topic Area: Talking about things you did Listening Features: Blended sounds Speaking Strategies: Involvement: asking questions

Unit 14 : It's black and white Theme/Topic Area: Describing objects and animals Listening Features: Linking sounds Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking for meaning

Unit 15 : When does it start? Theme / Topic Area: Asking questions Listening Features: Weak vowels, Guessing from grammar Speaking Strategies: Confirmation: asking for repetition

REVIEW 2
Theme / Topic Area: Review
Listening Features: Review
Speaking Strategies: Review

Split Task Resources

Scripts

Vocabulary Notes

Intended for English language learners at the beginner level of CERF A1-A2.